Amul Roger Thapar
How Judge Thapar rules, drawn from 20 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Thapar left this court for the U.S. Supreme Court. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.
About Judge Thapar
Amul Roger Thapar was a judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky. Appointed by President George W. Bush, Judge Thapar received a commission on January 4, 2008. Judge Thapar left the court on May 30, 2017 on appointment to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
How Judge Thapar decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
In King, Thapar remanded because the removing defendants offered assertions rather than evidence that the amount in controversy exceeded the jurisdictional threshold.
“simply saying that the amount-in-controversy requirement is met does not make it so.”
Procedural preferences
In Click, Thapar allowed an amended complaint after finding neither equitable reasons nor futility justified refusing leave.
“the Court’s own review of the record reveals no reason to deny the amendment on equitable grounds.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“it is hereby ORDERED that this case is REMANDED to state court.”
“Turner’s Rule 60(b) motion, R. 52, is DENIED.”
“the Board’s motion to dismiss, R. 14, is DENIED.”
“the defendant’s motion to dismiss, R. 7, is GRANTED.”
“Plaintiffs Motion for Summary Judgment, R. 10, is DENIED;”
“Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment, R. 11, is GRANTED;”
“the defendant’s motions to dismiss, R. 19 and R. 41, are DENIED.”
“the defendant’s third motion to suppress, R. 52, is GRANTED.”
“The plaintiffs motion to remand, R. 9, is DENIED.”
“Bailey’s Furniture’s motion to dismiss, R. 13, is DENIED AS MOOT.”
“Cau-dill’s motion to dismiss, R. 22, is DENIED.”
“Arrowood’s motion to clarify the scope of trial, R. 139, is GRANTED.”
“Arrowood’s motion for up to seven separate trials, R. 141, is DENIED.”
“the defendants’ motion for judgment on the pleadings, R. 85, is DENIED.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 322 days (N = 5).
Median motion-to-ruling time: 449 days (N = 1).
The five sampled terminated matters involved two personal-liability suits, product liability, insurance, and a habeas petition. Their recorded dispositions included settlement, transfer, dismissal, and judgment on motion.
Pending matters in the official report
Judge Thapar was last listed in the Civil Justice Reform Act report as of September 30, 2020.
| Motions pending more than six months | 0 |
| Bench trials submitted more than six months | 0 |
| Bankruptcy appeals pending more than six months | 0 |
| Social Security appeals pending more than six months | 0 |
| Civil cases pending more than three years | 0 |
A snapshot on that date: matters listed may since have been decided or reassigned. A motion referred to a magistrate judge is counted for both judges. Motions in multidistrict litigation, section 2255 cases and Social Security appeals are not counted, and a very large three-year count is generally a multidistrict docket. Source: Appendix A of the report (PDF); about the report.
A historical record
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